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MICBOMIMUS. 



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finely punctate and with the subapical constriction indistinct, the head less depressed 

 between the eyes, the rostrum cylindrical. Less elongate than M. hated, Woll., from 

 Brazil, the elytral interstices as wide as the striae, the striae narrower and not so deeply 

 impressed, the prothorax less constricted in front, &c. 



2. Micromimus minimus. (Tab. I. figg. 33, 33 a.) 



Phlmophagus minimus, Boh. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 1053 1 . 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (coll. Chevrolat *) ; British Honduras, Rio Sarstoon (Bl 



neaux); Guatemala, El Tumbador, Panajachel, Guatemala city (Champion) ; Nicar 

 Managua (Solari) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Dr. Sjostedt informs me that he is unable to find the type of this species at Stock] 



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Our numerous specimens from 



city, &c, are of about the same size (length 2-2 J mm.) as M. pumilio, Woll., from 

 Trinidad, from which they differ in their longer rostrum, the more coarsely and more 

 diffusely punctured prothorax, &c. The prothorax is usually longitudinally impressed 

 and coarsely, irregularly biseriate-punctate down the middle. The elytra are deeply 

 crenate-striate, with the interstices of about the same width as the punctures. The 

 male has the rostrum stouter and more closely punctured than in the female, and the 



segment shallowlv sulcate. An allied unnamed form from Cayamas, Cuba, 



first ventral 



the U.S. Nat. Museum, is labelled as having been found on a Ceiba 



3. Micromimus nigrescens. (Tab. I. figg. 34, Ma.) 



Micromimus 



Hab. Mexico (Truqui, in coll. Fry l ) ; Guatemala, Purula in Vera Paz, Cerro Zunil 



[Champion). 



Found in numbers at Cerro Zunil, on the Pacific slope. An elongate piceous or 



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prothorax usually longitudinally 



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or less distinctly biseriate-punctate, down the middle. The male has the rostrum 

 stouter and more closely punctate than the female, and the first ventral segment 

 transversely depressed in the centre behind. The large, strongly transverse, coarsely 



facetted eyes, placed just behind 



the sides of the globose portion of 



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head, distinguish M. nigrescens from various somewhat similar forms 



4. Micromimus dehiscens, sp. n. 



Elongate, subfusiform, narrow, shining, fuseo-ferruginous or ferruginous. Head almost smooth, transversely 



grooved and feebly foveate between the eyes, the latter very large, extending downward, and coarsely 

 facetted ; rostrum ( S ) short and stout, closely punctate, depressed or shallowly sulcate at the base, (?) a 

 little narrower and smoother, subcylindrical. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, narrowing from near 

 the base, constricted in front, the sides rounded posteriorly ; rather coarsely, thickly punctate, and sometimes 



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